News and Newspapers: Times Digital Archive and
other historic newspapers
There are links to the Times Archive and other historic newspapers online from the library
catalogue iFind, and the Newspapers and News part of iFind Research.
Login with your Swansea University username and password required for off campus access.
The Times Archive provides the entire Times newspaper, from its beginning in 1785 up to 2009,
including articles, photographs, letters and advertisements.
Help screens provide detailed information about how the database can be searched.
Combining Terms
You can type AND, OR or NOT between your search terms.
For instance, the search below would look for articles mentioning both Dickens and Thackeray
between October 1850 and December 1864.
Typing dickens or thackeray would find articles containing either word (a much larger number).
Searching for a Phrase
When searching for a phrase (e.g. “Boer War”), enclose it within double quotation marks.
Browse by Date
Browse by Date allows us to view the Times on a particular date.
Advanced Search
Advanced Search allows you to limit your search to a particular section of the paper (e.g. reviews,
letters, advertising).
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Displaying the text of articles
In your list of results you can choose to click on Article, Page or Browse Issue to view the full
text, as in the example below. Clicking on Article displays the article, with your keyword(s)
highlighted.
TIMES ON MICROFILM
The full text of The Times is archived on microfilm from 1785 to the present. It is stored at Micro 1
in AV Room 1, West Wing Level 2 of the Library. Please ask at the Information Desk if you require
any assistance using this resource.
TIMES INDEX
Printed indexes to the Times from 1941 to the present are at AN1.T35 on Level 2.
Printed indexes from 1790 up to 1940 are in the Library Store.
OTHER HISTORIC NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES
Swansea University students and staff also have access to these
newspaper databases:
19TH CENTURY BRITISH LIBRARY NEWSPAPERS
19th Century British Library Newspapers contains about 70 British newspapers selected by the
British Library’s editorial board, such as the Western Mail. Many are available in complete runs,
and all are searchable full-text. There are 2 million newspaper pages.
17TH–18TH CENTURY BURNEY COLLECTION NEWSPAPERS
This gives online access to the British Library's collection of newspapers, pamphlets, books and
other materials gathered by Charles Burney (1757-1817). Besides titles published in the British
Isles, it contains papers from British colonies in Asia and the Americas. More than twelve hundred
titles and one million pages are included.
DAILY MIRROR DIGITAL ARCHIVE
The Daily Mirror from its beginning in 1903 to the present.
ECONOMIST
 The Economist from 1917-1995 is in the Library Store, available on request.
 The Economist from 1843-1916 is on microfilm and microcard, Micro 51/A and Micro 202.
OTHER NEWSPAPERS
The Archives of other newspapers, such as the Guardian, can be viewed online if you pay for
access.
Copies of other newspapers are in microfilm in the AV Room.
For alternative formats please contact
Tel: 01792 295697 Email: library@swansea.ac.uk
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